One good thing about the Internet is that it’s really easy to ignore people who irritate us. One bad thing about the Internet is that, well…it’s really easy to ignore people who irritate us. Before the advent of digital communication, if someone was pissing us off, it was far more likely we’d, y’know…confront them on it, and...

Recently, I’ve been getting a string of annoying emails to my Gmail account from a rather odd fellow who claims to be representing some royal from another country. Apparently, they’ve got $50 million that they want to invest overseas, and I’ve been chosen as a prime candidate for the investment. Of course, I’ll get a cut of it. Obviously,...

That title seems a little intimidating, doesn’t it? Believe it or not, there are actually quite a few websites now that are ‘tweaking’ the search results of their users. Oh, it’s not like they’re censoring anything. Far from it, they’re simply filtering your results based on what they think you want to see- based on your...

I’ve always maintained a neutral stance where the console wars are concerned. Each device has both advantages and disadvantages, merits and detriments. The largest advantage of the Xbox 360, hands down, has to be a lovely little issue known as the Red Ring of Death. Most everyone who doesn’t have a new model has probably suffered from this at least...

Well, I finally caved. I wanted to see what all the fuss was about, so I went and created a Tumblr account and familiarized myself (at least vaguely) with how everything worked. And you know what? It’s actually pretty cool. What Is Tumblr? If I had to describe Tumblr to you, simply calling it a ‘microblogging site’ would fall far short of the...

Valve’s Steam platform has more or less revolutionized the world of PC gaming. Currently the world’s largest digital distribution platform for games, it boasts over 35 million active users, with thousands upon thousands of titles, achievement lists, friend lists, media sharing, and communities. All in all, it’s pretty awesome. But it’s...

This is rather old news in the tech world, but I still feel it bears mentioning. Google Chrome comes equipped with a pretty interesting tool, known as “Incognito Mode.” Pretty sweet name, no? A lot of folks think that, with Incognito Mode enabled, they’re pretty much invisible to other people on the net. Same as if they were using Anonymizer,...

The Internet’s a grand and marvelous thing, isn’t it? A near-infinite collection of facts, figures, and information. The most advanced communications tool ever developed by humankind. The center-point of the Global Village. A source of income, a creative outlet, and a whole virtual world, right at our fingertips. It’s also absolutely horrid if...

You’re back from a long day at the office and life sucks. Your back hurts, your wrists feel like stiff, numb boards of wood, and your eyes feel like they’re just about ready to pop out of your skull.  As an added bonus, you can’t move your neck without sharp pain shooting through your body. Computers are great, but the health problems that can...

Everyone was excited about it. Tech geeks touted it as “The Facebook Killer.” The blogosphere was abuzz about a better chat system, a better interface, and Google Hangouts. Now, it’s all but forgotten in the minds of many. Though one hundred million may have Google + accounts…how many of them are actually active? When’s the last...

Twitter’s great and all, but it does have its problems. One issue I’ve always had is that there’s really no way to schedule your tweets. If you want to post an interesting story about something, you’re posting it now, or you’re going to have to come back later. What if you want to spread your tweets out over the course of the day,...

Green computing’s all the rage lately, isn’t it? Seems every single tech business in existence is currently competing to see who can build the greenest data center, who can design the most energy efficient tech, and who can save the most power. But why should corporations do all the work? After all, Earth’s kind of our home, too. We should all...

So, you’re playing an older game and all of a sudden it effectively borks itself. “Okay, no big deal” you tell yourself. “It’s a pretty old piece of software and it’s probably not designed to be used with modern hardware.”  You figure you can just take a look at some of the solutions online, check a few knowledge bases,...

Those of you who pay attention to investment news already know the story of the hour- Facebook’s gone public. On Thursday, they filed an IPO, and the entire investment community rejoiced. Several social gaming companies saw their stock skyrocket, and Zuckerberg revealed just how much money he’s really been making off of his world-changing social...

The most common means by which people lose access to their accounts isn’t via hacking software, nor is it through keyloggers or data miners- though those two certainly aren’t to be discounted. It’s not a result of data breaches, nor is it security-compromising worms. It’s the phishing scam. Generally sent through email, these scams are...